2016. A year embroiled with political discord and conflict, both on a national and global scale, with the US approaching a difficult election and well, for the British, the vote to leave the European Union was the most significant, generation defining and debated dispute in many of our lifetimes. It wasn’t a vote that was relegated to social apathy or contained to the politically minded, it had an understood gravity that, amongst many things, spanned generations, social class, educational background and race. A vote that decides the course of a country and its people’s future, and potentially defines our culture and our message to the world. A vote that caused heated disputes within friendships and families. Amongst musicians, it was a given that leaving the Union threatened a damaging outcome for touring bands with potential difficulty and increased expense with being able to move throughout Europe. For Winterfylleth, a UK band touring Europe at the time of the vote, it was perplexing.

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There are only a handful of bands that I absolutely love, have really made a massive impact in my life and, ultimately, don’t let me down when it comes to live shows, recordings or attitudes to life. The Dillinger Escape Plan are one of those bands and it’s an honour to have them grace the cover for the second time while I steer the good ship Terrorizer.
I have fond memories of TDEP – from the first time I Interviewed them for another metal magazine in their early days, right through to the last show I recently saw of theirs at the Old Blue Last in London at the tail end of the Summer. Always faultless, it’s safe to say they are going out on a high and while few bands will ever step up to the plate like Dillinger do every night, their legacy and recorded output will last forever, and for that we should be thankful. Kevin Stewart-Panko first interviewed them for these sacred pages, so it was only right that he should interview them one final time. I hope you enjoy his (and the bands’) words and do crank out their new album at the same time – it’s nothing short of breathtaking.
Until next month…
Darren Sadler